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Thomas Ravenel, a former South Carolina state treasurer, pleaded guilty in East Hampton Town Justice Court Wednesday to a misdemeanor count of driving while intoxicated stemming from a July arrest in East Hampton Village.

The East Hampton School Board decided during a budget workshop Tuesday evening to go above the state-mandated 2-percent cap on tax levy increases, meaning 60 percent of voters will have to approve the 2014-15 budget for it to pass in May.

A proposal to ban alcohol within 2,500 feet of lifeguarded areas at Indian Wells and Atlantic Avenue Beaches in Amagansett while guards are on duty drew strong opposition from the East Hampton Town Trustees.